Improvement in smoothing-irons



EDWARD B. ROBINSON.

Improvement in Smoothing Irons.

No.124,2l9. Patentedmarchmazz.

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EDWARD B. ROBINSON, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SMOOTHlNG-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,219, dated March 5, 1872.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. ROBINSON, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State ot' Maine, have invented a new and useful Improved Flat-Iron; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanying' drawing which is made a part of this specification, in which* Figure l shows a side elevation of my invention, Fig. 2, an end view ofthe handle. Fig. 3 is a top view of the reliector. Fig. Llis a view of the notches in the standards of the handle.

One of the chief diiculties in the use of flatirons is known to be the hcatin g of the handle, So that the iron cannot be held in the hand without a cloth or some other article wrapped around the same to protect the hand or keep the heat from communicating with and burning it. It will be observed -that the handle itself does not come in contact with the supports a a, but there are left minute spaces c c between the ends of the handle and the inside of the supports a a, so as to allow air to circulate between them, and prevent,in some dcgree, communica-tion of heat to the handle when the iron is hot. Thus I get circulation ot' air through the handle A itself and around a larger portion of its ends.

My improvement relates to the reiieetor B. This is made of a single piece of metal, concave toward the body of the iron and convex toward the handle. It has slits d d to admit the supports a a edgewise, so as to allow it to pass over the top ofthe iron, and, moreover,

there are slits e c in the supports themselves, to allow the sheet metal ot' the reflect-or to en ter therein, and thus aid to sustain the reflector and keep it steadily in its place. The reliector can be, as perceived, easily slipped on and ofi', so that one can serve for a number ot irons, being only pnt on when the iron is in use.

My improvement relates to a device for ironing around buttons on shirts and other articles, and enables the person using' the iron to render the cloth smooth, even under the button itself. This is effected by a small indentation, c, on the body ofthe iron, near the bottom edge, or at a sufficient distance to allow the button as commonly applied to enter there in, and thus allow the wire to pa ss over the cloth under the button, and smooth it in the same manner and to the same degree as other parts of the garment. This recess may be made on both sides ofthe iron-body, or it may consist of a groove running around the iron, or any equivalent device to effect the purpose. The handle A is removable by the springing' apart ofthe standards or supports. The projections merely {it-ting the holes in the standards the same can be easily slipped out for packing, transportation, or other purposes.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The fiat-iron as herein set forth, having in combination the removable non-conducting handle A, attached, as described, by the supports a a, projections I) with the spaces c c, and the reflector and indentation c, all combined as herein set forth.

E. B. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD, D. W. SORIBNER. 

